At the end of the dance, Li Xiao felt that he had returned home with a full harvest. It was not that he had captured many Austrian noble ladies, but that he had basically figured out the relationship between Princess Sophie and Archduke Franz Joseph.
"Our plan still has a possibility of success," Li Xiao first concluded, and then slowly explained: "Duke, the news you got said that their relationship between mother and son is harmonious. From a certain point of view, it is true. The Grand Duchess
I really care about this son very much, and most of my energy and thoughts are put on the Grand Duke, but..."
Li Xiao paused slightly and said with a smile: "But this Grand Duchess's desire for control is too strong. She interfered forcefully in every aspect of Grand Duke Franz Joseph's life, suppressing the poor Grand Duke until he was a little breathless."
Prince Alexander Gorchakov listened quietly without any intention of interrupting, just like a quiet gentleman in a tree hole.
"As for Archduke Franz Joseph, he was a hot-blooded little kid who thought he was a man. He was angry or angry at his mother's interference, but he didn't have any good way to resist, so sometimes he would deliberately cause trouble.
Having trouble with my controlling mother."
At this time, Duke Alexander Gorchakov finally spoke, and he asked: "Then what? What are you going to do?"
Li Xiao confidently replied: "There is nothing Princess Sophie can do. She is a good mother who loves her children extremely. She will choose her children decisively between her children and her husband. She expects a mother who loves her children deeply to treat her.
It is unrealistic to kill a child!"
Duke Alexander Gorchakov chuckled and said: "So you decided to start with Grand Duke Franz Joseph. It's best to deal with the resentful naughty kid, isn't it?"
Li Xiao also burst out laughing: "It seems you already know!"
Duke Alexander Gorchakov nodded with a smile. To him, although this method seemed a bit dirty, as long as it could achieve the desired effect, so what?
After the discussion was completed, Duke Alexander Gorchakov suddenly sighed: "It's a pity that Schwarzenberg and Wendy Schretz are not here tonight. Otherwise, I would have asked you to meet them and see what would happen."
Take care of them, haha..."
This is of course a joke. No matter how powerful Li Xiao is, he can't know what to do just by looking at his face. What's great about him is that he has history as a reference. Unless someone has been time-traveled like him, he can just pinpoint it.
After chatting about the political situation in Austria for a while, Duke Alexander Gorchakov left. After all, as an ambassador of a country, he still had a lot of business to do, and he couldn't keep grinding his teeth with Li Xiao.
With nothing to do, Li Xiao began to write letters to friends, asking about their situation. What concerned him most was the situation of Leonid and Boris. After all, these two people needed to really go to the battlefield, not like
He can also hide behind the scenes.
Leonid's situation is actually not as dangerous as imagined. It is true that he will go to the battlefield, but firstly, he is a mid-level officer after all, and does not need to keep his head in his belt. Secondly, the Wallachian National Guard
Its combat effectiveness is limited, and it is indeed difficult to cause serious trouble to the Russian army.
Leonid felt that during his trip to the Black Sea, he was not only marching, but also marching. He walked more than when fighting, and used his feet more than bayonets. His biggest trouble did not come from
The enemy is the fragile supply capability of the Russian army.
Looking at the mud-like road, Leonid couldn't help but lamented: "I really don't know when I can fight a decent battle!"
Boris felt the same way about this. The roads in Wallachia were so bad that he doubted his life, especially the closer he got to Bucharest, the more difficult it was to walk. The lower reaches of the Danube River were simply a big quagmire, and even his boots could not get through it once he stepped into it.
Half a mile, walking one mile is more strenuous than walking ten miles.
To make matters worse, it seemed that even God was against Russia. When Leonid and the others arrived in the hinterland of Wallachia, they encountered continuous heavy rains, and the Danube River also flooded, which further worsened the traffic situation and made the Russian army
It is difficult to move even an inch.
This gave Duke Mikhail, who was eager to annihilate Wallachia's resistance forces in one go, an even greater headache. He looked at the pouring rain and was speechless for a long time.
This heavy rain did give Kuza a chance to breathe. The previous fierce battles with the Russian army not only caused him heavy losses, but also made him know how big the gap between the army he had hastily formed and the regular army. It also made him understand the importance of the traditional army.
Under tactics, these rabble of his are indeed no match for the Russian army.
He told his generals: "We must seize the time to recover and recuperate, replenish the severely damaged troops, and restore as much combat effectiveness as possible... In particular, we must strengthen basic military training so that soldiers can master the most basic combat skills.
, we can no longer waste precious manpower... The most important thing is to adjust our tactics. Facts have proved that in frontal battles away from strong fortresses, we are by no means the Russians' opponents, so on the one hand, we must make good use of the fortresses and fortresses at hand.
, consume the enemy as much as possible, and also adopt flexible harassment tactics to tire the enemy..."
Kuza does have some skills, he is not the kind of person who only knows how to kill people, he knows how to use his strengths and avoid weaknesses to make full use of his own advantages. If you give him a little more time and give him more power, maybe he can actually do something.
Unfortunately, he neither has enough time nor enough power, so even if he masters some good methods, he cannot generalize them.
"There is another problem with our food and ammunition supplies."
Kuza's instructions have not yet been heard from one end, but bad news keeps coming from the other end. Problems with food and ammunition have become normal. At least Kuza is not surprised. If his supplies are smooth one day, he will
It will feel strange.
"Capitulationism has begun to rise again in Bucharest. Now some people are calling for moving the capital or going directly to Istanbul to establish a government-in-exile..."
Kuza could accept the problem of supply, but the resurgence of capitulationism made him intolerable. What was the purpose of his hard and bloody fighting this month? He just wanted to tell all the Wallachians that polar bears are not that kind.
It's scary, just pick up a gun and kill them.
But now these capitulationists want to move the capital and set up a government-in-exile, regardless of the bloodshed and sacrifice of frontline soldiers. What the heck!
Kuza suddenly became angry, slammed the table and roared: "It's all these cowardly bastards, otherwise the situation would have deteriorated to this!!"